Blaž Štremfelj
Factory team racer Yamaha started the race poorly and lost a few places, but then made his way to the lead. He could only follow his pace alex rins s Suzuki, who, however, fell 7 laps before the end of the race. For Quarterly this is the second victory of the year with which he took the lead in scoring the world championship, to which he also contributed to the leading races in Portugal Johann zarco, who fell 5 laps before the end while driving in third place.
The other was Francis Bagnaia, who was very disappointed after the qualifications, when the commissioners erased his otherwise fastest qualifying time due to yellow flags. Italian he started the race from 11th place and then patiently progressed towards the leading places. The third was at the end Joan Peace.
Marc Marquez after a long absence, this year’s first appearance finished in seventh place, a place ahead of his own brother Alex. The Spaniard’s goal was the goal of the race, and in the end he was visibly exhausted. He entered a new zero Valentino Rossi, who resigned ten laps before the end.
At the end of the race he is the winner Quarterly said: “It’s nice to be back. I came from Qatar very confident, and I felt very good here. It is good to know what we still need to improve. I need to focus on my ride. Wow, what a rhythm it was! I was less than half a second behind the qualifying round, which is great. I am very happy, the whole team did a great job, so we thank them. This is a real birthday present I have in two days," the French racer glowed.
The runner-up was also satisfied Pecco Bagnaia: "I wanted the best possible start, but it didn't work out. My goal was to finish in the top five because I only started from 11th place. But the feeling on the motorcycle was remarkable this time. I started chasing the racers in front of me and in the end I can be extremely pleased. The Ducati was great, even though we had quite a few problems. I had a lot of problems here last year, but this time I was extremely fast. ”
He's in the championship Quarterly now took the lead (61 points), second bagnaia (46) Johann zarco, who was leading before the race itself, fell back to fourth place. Current world champion Mir is fifth.
